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Not that I know of. The shortest way is probably Win+R, then "cmd.exe{Enter}". And as garry illustrates, you can always make your own.

The MS TweakUi page has a util that makes a registry addition for "command prompt here"
Not a keyboard shortcut, but a right click context menu. Could be modified though.
the util: http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... ySetup.exe
the page: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/down ... rtoys.mspx

I am not certain where i sourced/extracted this code from (probably kellys corner or from the changes the tweakui util made), but iirc it works.
the registry entry:

Just cmd is shorter and still works...
A way to improve garry's code is to drop the WinGetClass command and use %comspec% instead of cmd.exe.
And I would surround the hotkey with
#IfWinActive ahk_class ExploreWClass|CabinetWClass
and
#IfWinActive
(in RegEx title match mode).

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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

A replacement or complement for this resource (depending on how it develops) has been started here on the wiki.

In case it's of use to anyone, I've been using the following registry file for a few years. It creates two new right-click menu items for all types of files: "Command" and "Open Its Folder". The first one (Command) opens a command prompt in the selected file's directory. The second one (Open Its Folder) opens a new Explorer window with the current file pre-selected (which is especially useful when done from a FileSelectFile dialog or a Search window).

Similarly, here's a registry file that gives each folder a new context menu item that opens a command prompt there:

Not checked if this has been posted already

I had briefly mentioned it, yes.



I plan to include more details on this and other hotkeys that really activate "modes," like control of the system tray or taskbar, when I completely transfer this list to the wiki. Thanks for providing the full description of this great feature.

Also, I tested it on Win2k, so I suspect it works on NT/2k/XP, not just XP.

how can i disable the windows hotkeys in windows xp service pack 1?

What do you call "windows hotkeys"?
Anyway, with AutoHotkey, you can disable any key with the following idiom:
eg.:HTH.

I think this hasn't been posted yet.

You perhaps already know, in Firefox

Ctrl + T = open a new tab.

Do you know:

Shift + Ctrl + T = reopens last closed tab.


Edit: Added "in Firefox" to prevent confusion.

Are there standard Windows shortcuts? Or does this work only in a given program? In the ater case, what does this do here?

Ctrl + Backspace
Deletes the previous word. Works in many programs.

To make it system wide I added this to my ini file. This does act weird in excel and possibly other programs though I've never had anything bad happen.

Added it to what .ini file ?
As I start to accumulate AHK code I want to run all the time ... is there a way of doing this well ? I don't want a million Green H's on my system tray.

AutoHotkey.ini in your AutoHotkey directory.

OOOH VERY USERFUL! THANK MAN!